The Nigeria
Customs Service has recorded seizures of Frozen poultry products worth
N14,611,500.00.
The record
was made in the sixth and Seventh weeks of zero tolerance on importation of
frozen
poultry products tagged “Operation Hawk Descend.”
The seizures
which include 3,247 cartons of the banned products were impounded at
different locations along Badagry, Agbara Creeks and Villages in Ogun state,
Seme, Gbaji and Owode Creeks in Lagos and Idiroko axis.
In a
statement from the Deputy Public Relations Officer of Customs, Mr David Attah,
while commending the steadfastness of the operatives in this operation, the
management of the service assured the general public of its determination to
continue the onslaught against the smugglers of
the banned products.
Traders and
consumers of the banned frozen poultry products were advised to patronize local
farmers as this will create job opportunities for our youths, boost our economy
and save Nigerians
from diseases associated with consumption of dangerous chemicals used
in preserving the banned poultry products.
